步入知天命之年的Vagn过着独身生活,偶尔与一群类似的老男人一起踢足球。在去瑞典参加比赛的途中,Vagn不幸地被他的队友们遗弃在了加油站。在这里他遇见了小混混约翰,两人结伴踏上了寻找Vagn的队友们的旅程。
发现一颗巨大的陨石正朝地球方向奔来,并将于十八日内撞上地球时,美国太空总署想出阻止该陨石与地球相撞造成人类毁灭的办法:派人登陆陨石的表面,钻洞贯穿至陨石的地心,放入核弹引爆。但这一切必须要在十八日内完成。 钻油井工头(布鲁斯•威利斯)被委以重任,而他的下属(本•阿弗莱特)恰也是其女儿(丽芙•泰勒)的男朋友,此次任务能否成功完成,关系到女儿下半辈子的幸福。为此,他和下属接受了太空总署的高强度的训练,以期一夜之间从打井工人变成救世英雄。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...